

DFCS - 2020 Film Winners News
DFCS - 2020 Film Winners Opinion
The Detroit Film Critics Society (DFCS) today announced the group's picks for Best Films of 2020. Movie Reelist founder and editor-in-chief, Chris Giroux, is joined by Movie Reelist content editor and film critic, MontiLee Stormer, as members of the critics group representing the Detroit and surrounding areas.
Tom Santilli of the Detroit Film Critics Society leadership committee, film critic for WXYZ, and co-host of Movie Show Plus had this to say about the year's slate of eligible films and the group's final vote:
This year’s awards first and foremost are dedicated to our friend and colleague, Corey Hall, who passed away in 2020. Corey was a founding member of our group and is sorely missed. As for our picks, I was proud overall! I loved that our group recognized lesser-known films like Possessor and The Surrogate, and that films like Minari and Nomadland were singled-out. In any other year, those two films would be considered “small” underdog films that might have been lost in the shuffle, but in the year of COVID, they both were able to find a real audience. As always, Detroit critics continue to add their unique regional perspective and in turn, we ultimately hope that movie-goers will seek out some of these films and engage with our critics, which of course is the most rewarding part of what we do: Interacting and hearing from the movie-going public.
DFCS - 2020 Film Winners News
DFCS - 2020 Film Winners Press Release
Best Picture
Winner: Nomadland
Best Director
Winner: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Best Actor
Winner: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Best Actress
Winner: Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best Ensemble
Winner: Minari
Best Breakthrough
Winner: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Best Documentary
Winner: Dick Johnson Is Dead
Best Animated Feature
Winner: Soul
Best Use of Music/Sound
Winner: Sound of Metal